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Q&A with Umar
Favorite Movie? Freedom Writers
Favorite TV Show? Martin
Your sports idol growing up? Tiger Woods
Last book you read? Tony Dungy Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance
Favorite Musical Artist? Jay-Z
After graduation, I plan to? Start a professional career. Whether it's behind a desk or on the basketball court.
Favorite thing to do in your free time? Listen to Music
Favorite Restaurant? Frankies
Favorite sport other than your own? Football
What are your goals for the upcoming season? I only have one goal and that is to win the NEC championship. |
2011-12 Game-by-Game Stats
2010-11 Game-by-Game Stats
JUNIOR (2011-12) – Suffered a season-ending knee injury after appearing in only one game, leading SFU with 26 points against VCU (11/11) … redshirted for the remainder of his junior season … named preseason second team All-NEC by College Sports Madness.
SOPHOMORE (2010-11) – All-Northeast Conference second team member … NABC All-District 18 second team selection … NEC Player of the Week honors … Started in 22 of the 30 games he played … logged a team-high 959 minutes of court time, an average of 32.0 minutes per game … saw 40 minutes of action at Sacred Heart (1/27) … led the team points scored by racking up 474, a 15.8 points per game average, including a season-high 30 at Sacred Heart … ranked sixth in the NEC in scoring … knocked down 146 shots from the floor, a team-high and a .410 shooting percentage … connected on 68 three-pointers, good for fourth in the conference, and 114 foul shots, a .803 free throw percentage … compiled 90 total rebounds, 26 offensive and 64 defensive, 3.0 rebounding average … dished out 59 assists, caused 66 turnovers, which ranked him third on the team, and had 14 steals … 23 of the 30 games he saw action in, he posted double-digit scoring numbers, including a run of eight near the end of the season … grabbed a season-high seven turnovers, all defensive, versus St. Francis (N.Y.) (1/20) … hit seven shots from beyond the arc at Fairleigh Dickinson (2/19) … went a perfect 10-10 on free throws against Central Connecticut State (2/3).
FRESHMAN (2009-10) - Played 445 minutes and averaged 22.3 minutes per game … was 62-of-151 (.411) from the field … made 28-of-67 (.418) 3-point field goal attempts … was 27-of-34 (.749) from the free throw line … averaged 9.0 ppg, and 1.6 apg … had a career-high 18 points against Notre Dame (11/16) and St. Francis (N.Y.) (1/7) … registered career-high 4 assists on four different occasions.
BEFORE SFU - Shannon averaged 21.0 ppg, 4.0 apg, 4.0 rpg and 2.0 spg as a senior under head coach Eugene Allen at Atlantic City High School ... named New Jersey state MVP ... averaged 27.0 ppg during playoffs as a senior, leading ACHS to the state semifinals ... finished career with 1,006 points as a three-year letterwinner... led Atlantic City to a 20-10 season during his junior campaign, averaging 16.9 points, 5.3 assists, 3.7 rebounds, and 2.3 steals per game … guided the Vikings to the South Jersey championship in Group 4, the largest in the state of New Jersey … had 17.3 points per game during the playoffs.
PERSONAL - Born Umar Ahmad Shannon on Dec. 31, 1990 … son of Lateefah Shannon and Leon Scott ... brothers and sisters include Maleeka Scott (17), Zayd Scott (14), Ahmad Shannon (12), Kareena Miles (4), Jermani Scott (3), and Krissette (1) … Management major.
